As winter draws to a close, German boarding school student Thomas Werner dies one morning. He leaves behind a single letter addressed to his fellow student Juli that reads "Here is my love. Here is the sound of my heart." With his faith shaken to the core by the words, the scholarly Juli sinks to the depths of despair. His cynical roommate Oscar finds himself watching over Juli's fragile mental state while keeping his own feelings for Juli under wraps. Then new student Eric enters the school - and he has an uncanny resemblance to the deceased Thomas... *Originally serialized in 33 chapters in Shuukan Shoujo Comic. Chapter count includes 7 oneshots: - Senbonme no Pin (千本目のピン); Bessatsu Shoujo Comic Oshougatsu Zoukan Flower Comic 1973 - Johnny Walker-kun no Bara Monogatari (ジョニーウォーカーくんのバラのものがたり); Bessatsu Shoujo Comic Ciao 1973-11 - Bianca (ビアンカ); Shuukan Shoujo Friend Zoukangou 1970-07-07 - Sayo no Nuu Yukata (小夜の縫うゆかた); Shuukan Shoujo Comic Natsu no Zoukan 1971 - Aki no Tabi (秋の旅); Bessatsu Shoujo Comic 1971-10 - Shiroi Tori ni Natta Shoujo (白い鳥になった少女); Bessatsu Shoujo Comic 1971-12 - Mitsukuni no Musume (みつくにの娘); Bessatsu Shoujo Comic Oshougatsu Zoukan 1972*

The Poe Clan: a race of undead that feeds on the energy of the living, whiling away the centuries in a village of roses where time and geography have no meaning. Circumstances lead to a brother and sister, Edgar and Marybelle, being initiated into the clan too young, and therefore doomed to live out eternity forever on the brink of adulthood, until a wooden stake or a silver bullet should cut them down. In this groundbreaking manga, through three immortal adolescents and the mortals whose lives they touch, Moto Hagio explores what it means to live and to die, to have loved and to have lost. (Source: Fantagraphics)

The title story features the earlier life of the character Oscar from the manga "Thomas' Heart." Due to many large and small problems that have added up over the years, Oscar's parents' marriage is collapsing. One day, after a fight that Oscar believes is going to end like all of the others, his father does something irreversible. Now Oscar and his father will have to deal with the consequences. (Source: MangaHelpers) *Notes:* \- Includes the one-shot Shiro (城) \- Includes the one-shot Egg Stand (エッグ・スタンド) \- Includes the one-shot "Tenshi no Gitai (天使の擬態; Angel Mimic)"

A volume of short sci-fi shoujo stories all featuring a new race of humans called Unicorns. The major theme in all of the stories are about human emotions. As the characters in the story try to interact and relate to these Unicorns who lack a lot of the natural emotions humans normally feel. The story *A, A'* raises a troubling question: how would you feel if your lover died—and was replaced by a clone? Could you recreate your relationship with someone who was physically exactly the same but didn't share any memories of your life together? In *4/4*, teenaged Mori flunks out of an ESP training program. But when he meets Trill, a beautiful Unicorn, his latent abilities begin to blossom... In *X+Y*, Hagio uses science fiction to explore questions of gender and sexual identity. Time has passed, and once again, Mori finds himself inexorably attracted to a member of the unicorn race - but this unicorn is male... and so is Mori.

Tokio discovers a phantom island named Barbara. Then there’s a mysterious and missing geneticist, an eccentric clergyman, a grieving grandmother granted temporary youth, a psychologist killed by a freak tornado… Hagio offers a sci-fi explanation for these seemingly random paranormal elements, and makes it all matter with believable characters in complex and subtle relationships. (Source: Fantagraphics) *Note: Winner of Japan's Science Fiction Grand Prize award in 2006.*

They Were 11 is about ten Galactic University recruits who have passed many levels only to be given one final test. They are told to travel to an ancient spaceship and live there, together, for fifty-three days. This is not a problem until the ten recruits, hailing from diverse backgrounds and planets, discover that there are actually eleven of them on the ship. In fact, this problem turns out to be the test, as they have to trust each other in order to survive, even though one of them is an impostor. (Source: VIZ Media) *Note: Won the 21st Shogakukan Manga Award for Shoujo in 1975.*

A Drunken Dream is a collection of literary short stories by Hagio falling into multiple genres, created between 1971-2007. The stories were selected by translator Matt Thorn to be an introduction to Hagio for English speakers. This time travels through several of Hagio's most revolutionary and poignant tales that span over the years of her lush career. • *[Bianca](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=63724526240)* (1970, 16 pages) • *Girl on Porch with Puppy* (1971, 12 pages) • *Autumn Journey* (1971, 24 pages) A boy’s pilgrimage to the home of his favorite author has more meaning than either the author or his daughter can imagine. • *Marié, Ten Years Later* (1977, 16 pages) Two estranged friends learn too late how their actions had destroyed the balance of a perfect triad of intimacy. • *A Drunken Dream* (1980, 21 pages) Two scientists—one a hermaphrodite, the other a tribal priest—meet on a space station orbiting Io; but they have met before and are destined to meet again. • *[Hanshin](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=32474958889)* (1984, 16 pages) Conjoined twins Yudy and Yucy are as different as possible. Older Yudy is intelligent but ugly, as her nutrients are used up by her beautiful but simpleminded sister Yucy. Loving and hating so deeply, where does one girl begin and the other end? • *Angel Mimic* (1984, 50 pages) • *[Iguana Girl](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=22603280310)* (1991, 50 pages) A girl who appears to her mother and herself to be a hideous anthropoid iguana struggles to overcome her mother’s rejection and find happiness ... but her mother has a secret. • *The Child Who Comes Home* (1998, 24 pages) • *[The Willow Tree](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=22873467464)* (2007, 20 pages) A woman stands day to day under a growing willow tree and watches the people who pass by... Note: Nominated for an Eisner Award in 2011.

A collection of one shots: 1) 11-gatsu no Gymnasium 2) Yuki no Ko 3) Tou no Aru Ie 4) Shiroi Tori ni Natta Shoujo 5) Shiroki Mori Shiroki Shounen no Fue 6) Bianca 7) Sayo no Nuu Yukata 8) Aki no Tabi 9) Kawaisou na Mama

In the Anywhere But Here series: #V1. Yama e Iku 1. **Yama e Iku** (山へ行く; Going to the Mountains); *Flowers 2006-04* 2. **Uchuusen Unten Menkyoshou** (宇宙船運転免許証); *Flowers 2006-05* 3. **Eki made Mugen** (駅までムゲン); *Flowers 2006-12* 4. **Message** (メッセージ); *Flowers 2006-08* 5. **Anata wa Dare desu ka** (あなたは誰ですか); *Flowers 2006-06* 6. **Yureru Sekai** (ゆれる世界); *Flowers 2006-07* 7. **Kuroi Hitsuji** (くろいひつじ); *Flowers 2007-01* 8. **Kifujin** (貴婦人); *Flowers 2007-03* 9. **Vibrato** (ビブラート); *Flowers 2006-11* 10. **Yanagi no Ki** (柳の木; The Willow Tree); *Flowers 2007-05* #V2. Sphinx 11. **Oedipus: Message III** (オイディプス　メッセージIII); *Flowers 2007-09* 12. **Sphinx: Message IV** (スフィンクス　メッセージIV); *Flowers 2009-10* 13. **Umi no Ao** (海の青); *Flowers 2009-07* 14. **Aoi Door** (青いドア); *Flowers 2007-08* 15. **Sekai no Owari ni Tatta Hitori de** (世界の終わりにたった1人で); *Flowers 2007-10~11* 1 16. **Sekai no Owari ni Tatta Hitori de** (世界の終わりにたった1人で); *Flowers 2007-10~11* 2 17. **Shimauma no Q&A** (しまうまのＱ＆Ａ); *Flowers 2007-06* #V3. Haru no Ogawa 18. **Mizutama** (水玉); *Flowers 2010-02* 19. **Shampoo** (シャンプー); *Flowers 2010-10* 20. **Yuri mo Bara mo** (百合もバラも); *Flowers 2011-10* 21. **Hanayome: Message V** (花嫁―メッセージV―); *Flowers 2010-10* 22. **Umi to Shinju** (海と真珠); *Flowers 2010-11* 23. **Haru no Ogawa** (春の小川); *Flowers 2011-03* Collected separately 24. **Nanohana** (なのはな); *Flowers 2011-08* 25. **Pluto Fujin** (プルート夫人); *Flowers 2011-04* 26. **Ame no Yoru: Uranus Hakushaku** (雨の夜―ウラノス伯爵); *Flowers 2012-02* 27. **Salome 20XX** (サロメ20XX); *Flowers 2012-03*

Mary didn’t know what to expect of the afterlife, but it certainly wasn’t becoming the evil, murderous nanny of the novel she was reading. Her circumstances become secondary concerns when she realizes that no matter what, Briel must remain safe. It’s the only way to keep his uncle, Count Kentryle Chalant, from the path of revenge. Can she keep her new charge safe and change the entire plot, or will the true villain get the best of them all? And is she going to find love on the way? (Source: Tapas)

A collection of short stories: 1. **Hanshin** (半神, Hanshin: Half-God) 2. **Ragini** (ラーギニー) 3. **Slow Down** (スロー・ダウン) 4. **Suimu** (酔夢, A Drunken Dream) 5. **Hanauzumi** (花埋み) 6. **Koucha no Hanashi** (紅茶の話) 7. **Tsuioku** (追憶) 8. **Paris Tayori** (パリ便り) 9. **Herbal Beauty** (ハーバル・ビューティ) 10. **Asobi-dama** (あそび玉) 11. **Marine** (マリーン) *Note: The one-shots "Hanshin" and "Suimu" were published in English in the manga anthology A Drunken Dream and Other Short Stories by Fantagraphics on September 27, 2010.*

Sugiyama Sora, a reincarnated toddler who can no longer live in the city due to a deficiency of magic elements, is given his last hope for a rural life with his grandparents. However, when he goes through a tunnel, excited by the slow life he has longed for, he finds himself in an uninhabitable world overrun by giant insects! The insect-catching he longs to do is with beetles over one meter long. The walk, which was supposed to be fun, turns into a hunt for dandelions, which sprout even on the human body! *"Grandma and grandpa, save me~ (tears)"* The frightened Sora, who is turning left and right, not only captures the hearts of the mighty villagers, but for some reason, he even attracts the god of rice paddies. ......? It will surely remind you of your hometown! A cowardly boy risks his life in this heartwarming fantasy! (Source: CORONA EX, translated)